By training youth organizations on "how" to provide services to youth with disabilities, KIT's program design reaches beyond the scope of other programs for youth with disabilities that are generally segregated and time-limited. KIT's goal is to show organizations how to implement inclusion and sustain it long after KIT ceases to be involved. KIT's model will create lasting systems change, by permanently opening doors at out-of-school time programs to individuals with disabilities and giving providers the skill and confidence to successfully support children and youth with disabilities.

KIT's model relies upon providers embracing the philosophy of inclusion, which is that all children have value and the right to belong. Organizations including Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA's, Parks and Recreation Departments, and other enrichment programs have opened their doors to children with disabilities through their affiliation with KIT.

Mission Statement:

• To support recreational, child development, and youth development programs that include children with and without disabilities.

Vision Statement:

• KIT's vision is that all children are welcomed, included and valued in recreational, child development and youth development programs in their communities.

Value Statements:

• All children have the right to meaningfully participate in community activities.
  
• We recognize the need for fundamental change so that families of children with disabilities have equal opportunity to access and expect quality programming for their children.
  
• All children's lives are enhanced through shared experience and friendship with peers who may or may not have disabilities.
  
• Inclusion fosters the development of children with disabilities to become interdependent adults who actively influence the quality of their lives.
  
• Teaching and modeling respect for difference creates caring communities.